Irish alt-rockers NewDad have shared new single ‘Roobosh’ ahead of the release of second album ‘Altar’ on 19 September. Instantly familiar, the song shows why the band can count Robert Smith amongst their fans. It finds Julie Dawson letting her frustrations loose – ‘Hate that every day’s the same and it’s too late for you…
Glasgow-based art rockers Humour have shared new single ‘The Paddies’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Learning Greek’ via So Young Records on 8 August. Frontman Andreas Christoloudis says the song ‘is from the point of view of a character who summons various members of the dead throughout history to rise in a…
dog eyes, a Bay Area indie-folk duo made up of Hailey Firstman and Davis Leach, have shared the sublime ‘nano’ ahead of the release of new EP ‘blue bird rain cloud’ on 25 July via Grand Jury. Reminiscent of this year’s Great Grandpa album but mixed with the sensibilities of Loney, Dear and the gentle…
Idlewild – one of THE great British bands – have returned with ‘Stay Out of Place’, the first single to be taken from their forthcoming 10th (tenth!) album ‘Idlewild’. The record will be released on 3 October via V2 Records. Inspired by legendary American poet Walt Whitman’s view that we all contain multitudes and end…
For Those I Love (David Balfe) has shared new single ‘No Scheme’ – a spiritual successor to ‘Top Scheme’, the emotional centrepiece of his self-titled debut album – ahead of the release of new record ‘Carving the Stone’ on 8 September. Contrasting a cathartic and hedonistic teenage life with the mundanity of modern life (‘We’ve…
The Oasis reunion is just days away and soon you won’t be able to move for bucket hats, classic logo T-shirts and singalongs to ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Champagne Supernova’. We thought it would be fun to come up with an alternative setlist – avoiding the singles and B-sides from the ‘Definitely Maybe’ and ‘Morning Glory’ eras.…
While the sure-to-be triumphant headline sets from Kneecap, PVRIS, Taking Back Sunday and Alexisonfire and long-awaited Upcote Farm debuts from the likes of Million Dead and Letlive capture many of the headlines, one of the best things about 2000trees is the festival’s dedication to smaller or lesser-known acts – this year, they even have BAFTA…
Having shared stages with Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Tori Amos in the states, Brooklyn-based piano and violin duo Gracie and Rachel are now making waves in the UK with the release of new single ‘WTF’ ahead of some shows supporting Ani DiFranco on these shores. Dreamy and poignantly powerful from its very first note,…
Chicago-via-Grand Rapids indie rockers Pretoria have shared ‘Selfish’, a song that features on their new EP ‘If We’re Pretending’ (out on Friday 13 June). Opening with a recollection of smoking on the sidewalk after playing a show and being paid a pittance (‘makes me want to get a job ’cause I hate being poor’), while…
Biffy Clyro have returned with ‘A Little Love’, a short, sharp and spiky song that celebrates love in all its forms – and the realisation that you don’t always know what you have until it’s gone: ‘This ain’t Utopia, but it’s better than Hell’. It has all the Biffy trademarks – chunky riffs, festival-ready singalongs…
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